Penholder.



-PATENTBD N .OV- 27, 1906.

M. L. LITTLE. PBNHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED APB. 14, 1908.

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MILTON L. LITTLE, OF FOR-T BRANCH, INDIANA.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Application iiled April 14,1906. Serial No. 311,735.

To tl/l, whom, t puny concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON L. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Branch, in the county of Gibson, State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to penholders of the kind or type that areconstructed to eject the pen-point when necessary without soiling thefingers with the ink thereon.

It is the object of the invention to provide a pen-ejecting penhold'erthat shall be exceedingly simple in and economic of construction andthat shall be highly efficient in the performance of the functions thatit is intended to have it perform.

My invention consists of a penholder of the kind mentioned that is inits entirety composed of but three parts--the pen-stock, the

; outside stationary sleeve, and the inside slidable sleeve, thatperforms the oflice of ejecting the pen and, with the stationary sleeve,holds the pen-point in place for service.

The invention will irst be described in de tail in view of the annexeddrawings, forming a part of this specication, and then be pointed outwith particularity in the subjoined claims.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention completewith a penpoint in position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the slidable sleeveis formed. i

The same figures of reference designate the same parts or features, asthe case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 5 designates the penstock, formed from wood of asuitable kind and having any form that may be desired.

6 designates the fixed sleeve, having a longitudinal slot 7 formedthrough its upper side and having an annular indentation 8 formed aroundit at the base of the slot, which operates as a stop for the inner endof the pen-stock.

9 designates the inner slidable sleeve that cooperates with the outsidesleeve in keeping or holding in serviceable position the penpoint 10 andwhich when moved forward in the stationary sleeve acts to eject thepenpoint.

The slidable sleeve 9 is formed from a blank having the form shown inFig. 3, Which consists of a plate 11 of rectangular shape, exceptingthat the forward end 12 is slightly rounded, and a narrow tongue 13,having a sharpened tip 14, projects from its rear end. A smalltransverse slot 15 is formed in the said plate 11 a little in advance ofthe base of the tongue 13, and a small projection 16 is punched out fromthe metal constituting the plate at a point approximately at its center.The plate 11 is bent or rolled into a round sleeve with the longitudinaledges thereof nearly meeting each other. The inner sleeve 9 thus formedis inserted in the stationary sleeve, with the narrow tongue 13 extendedthrough the slot 7 of the stationary sleeve 6, when the said tongue isbent forward upon the plate and is finally turned up and around into athumb-engaging loop or projection 17, with its pointed tip bent back andextended through the small slot 15.

When the penholder is in use, the inner sleeve 9 will be moved backuntil the base of the tongue forming the loop 17 is stopped by engagingthe portion of the outside stationary sleeve at the end of the slot 7,and the pen-point has its shank inserted between the two sleeves at theforward end until the rear end of said shank is stopped by theprojection 16 on the inner sleeve. In this position the penholder may beused the same as any of common construction. When it is desired to ejectthe pen-point, the user will simply engage the loop or projection wi ththe thumbnail and push the inner sleeve 9 forward, when the pen willdrop out.

What is claimed as the invention is A pen-ejecting penholder consistingof a pen-stock provided on 'its forward rend Wi'tha outside sleeve andits' tip vturned back and n stationary sleeve 'having a longitudinalslot extended through seid short transverse slot. formed therein, eslidable sleeve arranged in In testimony whereof I affix my signaturethe sttoner; sletre aflc havil a ptr-0eotion in presence vo twoWitnesses.

exten ing 1n o e s o o e s a ionary sleeve and a short transverse slotin line with MILTON L' LITTLE the irst-rnentioned slot, a tongue formingan integral part of the inner sleeve `bent into :a loop also extendingthrough the slot of the Witnesses:

HER-BERT SMITH, HENRY A. YEAGER.

